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Monday, 17 July 2017

Winter learning Journey Comp Day 1

Lot’s of interesting Maori history, European, Pacific Islands, and Asian cultures, New Zealand is very popular one of the most popular things is The Treaty of Waitangi, it’s like a Pot filled with all the popular things that have happened in New Zealand and it’s over flowing!

Today and right now 4.4 million New Zealanders (known as Kiwi’s), there are about 69% of European people are Pakeha. It’s like pot being stirred with different countries inside getting along together. In New Zealand there are lot’s of immigrants known as European, Pacific islanders, and Asian cultures live in New Zealand.

¾ of people live in the North Island and ¼ of people live in the South island, Auckland is the most popular city in NZ.

Christopher Columbus was an italian explorer, navigator, he takes lot’s of people on his boat and took them to another place for them and him to live, but that was while he was still alive! He was also a Catholic, a Catholic is someone who doesn’t believe Jesus Christ the saviour and our Redeemer but who believes in Mary Jesus’s mother, who gave birth to him.

Christopher Columbus had completed four voyages across the atlantic ocean. Columbus wasn’t the first European Explorer to arrive at America! Maori people voyaged thousands of miles across the unknown parts of the Pacific ocean, in small canoes and waka’s. To this day Maori culture is part of New Zealand’s National Identity!

A Pioneer is someone who is the first person or group to do something, like Neil Armstrong was the first Person to step on the moon, just like AJ Hackett a New Zealander to first invent Bungy Jumping.

1 comment:

Kia ora Toby and welcome to the Winter Learning Journey programme!! We are so excited that you have joined us this holiday.

We are also so excited to see that you have posted such a long and detailed blog post. WOW! It was full of great facts about New Zealand. I particularly enjoyed reading about Christopher Columbus and AJ Hackett. He was certainly a pioneer, wasn't he?

Thanks for including hyperlinks in your blog that we could follow. I clicked on each of them and took some time to read more about the All Blacks, AJ Hackett, Neil Armstrong, Christopher Columbus and the Treaty of Waitangi. It was great! I actually had the chance to see the original Treaty of Waitangi at Te Papa museum in Wellington. It was very cool to be that close to such an important document.

I will head away now to read your other posts. I hope that they are just as interesting, informative and engaging as this one! (I'm sure that they will be).

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Kia Ora my name is Toby and I am a year 6 at Pt England School, I have 3 awesome teachers Miss Parrant, Miss Szymanik and our amazing leader Mr Goodwin. I enjoy swimming with my brothers and wrestle them in the water. My favourite color is light green and I also really like drawing and my mates say they my art skills are off the hook, My favourite food is Butter Chicken, and this delicious Meat Stew that my Mum cooks. My favourite drink is Mango Lassies! For a sport I play rugby for The Marist Club, I play as a forward, Prop, for me, playing rugby is fun but also hard work especially for a forward. In the weekend our family just chills and watches movies and go swimming at the GI Pools! In my family we all have our own personal goals, last year my goal was ‘ BC ’ Be Courageous! Thank you for visiting my blog!